(September 1, 2011) — Bay Voyager has just launched San Francisco’s first and only bay tour featuring the Navy Seals-type large passenger rigid inflatable boat (RIB), which can accommodate up to 12 people. Bay Voyager’s cruises provide great access to the less-traveled corners of the San Francisco...

August 20th BATW Meeting “Don George on The Brave New Worlds of Travel Writing and Publishing” Silks Restaurant, Mandarin Oriental hotel, San Francisco 12 noon Members only. We have reached maximum capacity; please e-mail Erin Caslavka to be put on the Wait List. At our August meeting, we’re...

Wow! Every time a new BATW membership application comes in, I am more often than not amazed, humbled and downright stunned. The caliber of the typical new BATW member is the stuff of pure envy. Even former members who are coming back to the fold tend to be movers and shakers. For example, former board...

Many of us know Kentfield resident Joanne Miller and welcome her return as an Active Member. Kristin Zibell, a San Francisco-based writer, is a new Provisional Member. We look forward to seeing both at our upcoming meetings.  

September 17th BATW Meeting Editors’ Panel: “The Un-Usual Suspects” 10 a.m. — Location TBD   Join us for an editors’ panel with participants from Sunset Custom Publishing, Smart Meetings and Sierra. Get inside information about their publications, their editorial and photographic...

Elisa Southard and Sandy Sims recently sent the following update to our new Anthology in progress. Dear BATW Members: We are thrilled to be getting an early response to the call for submissions for BATW’s first ebook and print-on-demand anthology contest. Along with these early submissions have...

If you’re interested in attending the popular Book Passage Travel & Food Writing & Photography Conference held in Corte Madera, act now! Event dates are August 11-14. Featured are Tim Cahill, Don George, Robert Holmes, Shelley Lindgren and more!

The New York Times reported on July 12 that the state of Washington is closing its tourism office despite that fact that “Tourism is the fourth-largest industry in Washington, and it has been on an upswing.”  The Washington Tourism Alliance, a nonprofit coalition of travel-related businesses,...

Kudos to Kay Grant, who received a First Place award in the 2011 Writers-Editors International Writing Competition (Previously Published category) for a piece she did for American Way (American Airlines’ magazine) on a one-hole golf tournament in New Mexico. This is her 22nd writing award! By the...